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Tourism guide information about Jaco beach,Hermosa Beach & Carara National Park

Jacó is one of the most tourist attractive interesting destinations in Costa Rica where you have a diverse array of lodging options like luxurious hotels, resorts, amazing vacation rentals in order to modify anyone's travel needs. Jaco is enormously fashionable location since it is a one-stop- shop to practice everything Costa Rica actually has to offer for you. There are lot of opportunities for ATV tours, boat and kayaking, white-water rafting, safaris, horseback riding, deep-sea fishing and surfing in Jaco for you that you actually always dream. It is that place where your dream can be true as Hermosa Beach and Carara National Park is very close to Jacó. Carara Biological Reserve and attractive Hermosa Beach can charm you very easily as they have rare wildlife and unique flora features for your travel thirsty mind. Jaco is a mini-city where fast food restaurants, high-rise condos, casinos and bars are continuously sprouting up for you always.

Jaco beach
Jaco beach

How are the beaches in Jaco?

Playa Jaco has been shown and experienced by lot of travelers but it is really clean and calm beach. Stretching in relation to just three kilometers long and this picturesque seashore is one of numerous in the area. Explorers are supposed to be conscious that there is frequently a tough rip tide and that swimming ought to be done with care. Playa Herradura is just about seven kilometers north and has a further calm setting for travelers. Playa Hermosa that is also very attractive tourist’s destination sits just south of Jaco and it is a well-known surfing setting that is the site of the International Quicksilver Championship every year.

Beaches in Jaco
Beaches in Jaco

Weather in Jaco

If you stay in Jaco between December and April, be ready to sunshine in for non-stop way! This is the driest time here but rainfall in this area varies by month also. Year-round temperatures are moderately steady in Jaco, ranging between the upper 80s to low down 90s throughout the day and dropping to the upper 70s at night.

What to do in the night?

It is world famous Jaco beach that has a huge status for celebrations and nightlife that might draw any tourist in the world to this destination. The environment is extremely relaxed. Jaco is extremely explorer welcoming overall with international cuisine, bounty of internet cafes, banks and countless aquatic activities to remain anyone demanding for their entire stay.

Jaco Nigthlife
Jaco Nigthlife

What to Wear/Bring

All the tourists are requested to wear some special things like:

Jaco Farmers Market

You can get the freshest fruits and vegetables as well as artisanal breads, cheeses, and other goodies in Jaco Farmers Market.

Jaco Farmers Market
Jaco Farmers Market

Where to Stay in Jaco?

Various mind-blowing staying places are available for travelers like:

  • AmapolaHotel

  • ApartotelGirasol

  • Best Western Jacó Beach All Inclusive Resort

  • Hotel Canciones del Mar

  • Hotel Copacabana

  • South Beach Hotel

  • Vista Guapa Surf Camp

  • Hotel Pumilio

  • Villa Caletas

  • Casa Soli's Paradise.

  • Hotel de Haan

  • Beach Break Resort

Tarcoles River Boat Crocodile Tour

Basking along the banks of the Tarcoles River below, you’ll discover enormous crocodiles. Even, if you visit by boat, you will be enjoyed vastly. Moreover, you will enjoy birds and other wildlife

Hermosa Beach

Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach

The Playa Hermosa that is in Puntarenas is located only five kilometers south of Jaco and is one of the best surfing paradises for professionals. Playa Hermosa presents surfers a number of the most excellent and most reliable surf breaks in the world.

International Quicksilver Surf Championships

Playa Hermosa holds the International Quicksilver Surf Championships each year in August that literally brings hundreds of specialist surfers from all over the world. Therefore, just try to imagine about the well-lined of Hermosa Beach. Come here and enjoy the this first-rate surfing beach.

Relaxing at Playa Hermosa

Playa Hermosa Beach is ideal for spending a day lounging in the sun with a good book as not a lot of people come here often. If you desire, you could take a day trip to Costa Rica’s most famous national park, the Manuel Antonio National Park that is about 45 minutes away or you could visit the Playa Hermosa Wildlife Refuge that protects the Olive Ridley sea turtles that come to nest here each year.

Carara National Park

Carara National Park
Carara National Park

Carara National Park has a small set-up of trails that guide through primary and secondary forest. You can see wildlife like monkeys, leaf cutter ants, and lots of birds at the time of trails. Carara is measured to be one of the most excellent birding spots in Costa Rica with more than 400 diverse species identified. The preserve is well recognized for the population of scarlet macaws that can be found there. The Carara Biological Reserve is located just 9.3 miles north of Jaco. Early morning sunset is often the most excellent time to observe the wealth of scarlet macaws that rest among the mangroves. It is like a caiman, white-faced monkeys, peccaries, coatimundis and a wide variety of birds will welcome you here.

Opening Time of Carara National Park

The Carara National Park opens at 7 am and closes at 5 pm and entrance fee is $6 only.

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